scott123

No, there is no truth to that- at least, not equal to Caputo 'Pizzeria' flour, which is usually higher protein than all purpose. I seem to recall Roberto telling us that Caputo mills as many as 60 different flours.

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buceriasdon

Scott is correct. There was a fad a few years back on the internet to blend 3 parts AP flour with 1 part cake flour in an attempt to match the fineness of the 00 grind without taking into account that Caputo Rosso is somewhere around 11.5-12.5% protein content due to using hard winter wheat in it's milling. Don

I know what you are talking about. Before 00 flours became available at the retail level in the U.S., it was common to try to simulate 00 flour by combining all-purpose and bread flours with cake flour or pastry flour. However, doing that does not take the flour blends and turn them into 00 flour. The grains for the blends are not the same as used to mill 00 flour, and the milling methods are different. Also, the quality of the protein and gluten can be different.